you don t finish a day and think, oh, i need a break, i need to get out. like you re with the people that give you the sense of that break and that rest and that recuperation. and you can have, like we used to call them, like three hour holidays. there was a gap in the schedule. like you just go somewhere, play, you know, lose and or go for a walk all together. and it s funny what you can like if you have the mindset in the right place, how quickly you can recuperate if you need it, you know, and i m hearing myself in these headphones knowing that i need to recuperate, cause my voice sounds like marge simpson in a minute. it sjust because i m in the middle of a tour. there s nothing that can prepare i you for this, though, is there? i like how do you cope with it all? well, i live out in the countryside and just before we started filming this, we were just chatting and i mentioned that no one really cares. and i love that out in the countryside, like you just sort of it s jus
general election comes into view. this is in every respect a momentous day. in the house of lords, look at the magnificence of the chamber. such expectation. the peers and guests have already started to arrive to secure their seats for the biggest event in the parliamentary calendar. you don t get in if you appear without the suitable attire. it is a case of first come, first served as well. once on the throne, there it is, the monarch s throne and the consort of s thrown beside it. the king will unveil the government s legislative programme for the session ahead. it is a political moment and a first for rishi sunak on his first state opening as prime minister. we will be discussing all the wider political context later in the programme. once the imperial state crown is on, the political gloves are well and truly off and we will get a real sense of the battle lines over the next year or so, the issues that will win or lose the election. so to explore what all of this, and the